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Volodymyr Putin stated that the accident at the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline is an...

To increase prices: Putin accused of "northern flow" foreign power companies

Volodymyr Putin stated that the accident at the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline is an "act of international terrorism". Thus, Nord Stream competitors want to make Europeans buy energy at high prices, the Russian President says. Russian President Volodymyr Putin said that under the blast of the Nord Stream-1 gas pipelines and the Nord Stream-2 in the Baltic Sea are members of the world energy market. He said this today within the Forum "Russian Energy Week", reports RIA "Novosti".

According to the leader of the aggressor country, individual foreign energy companies conduct undergoing activities and destroy the infrastructure of competitors. Thus, they are allegedly trying to make Europeans buy energy at inflated prices. "There is no doubt that it is [a sabotage on" northern streams "] is an act of international terrorism, the purpose of which is to undermine energy security of the whole continent. Logic is to destroy, to block sources of cheap electricity," Putin said.

The President of the Russian Federation also argues that the northern flows can be repaired, but in this case, he said only if their economically sound operation and safety are guaranteed. He emphasized that Nord Stream is an exclusively commercial project in which there is no political basis. Putin added that Russia does not intend to supply gas to those countries that will introduce the so -called ceiling of oil prices.

"Russia will not act contrary to common sense, to pay for someone else's well -being at its own expense," said the Kremlin. We will remind, Sweden did not allow the Russian Federation to investigate the explosion of "Nord Stream". The Head of the Provisional Government of Sweden has stated that we need to be prepared for the fact that such incidents would be repeated.